Heffners Bridge

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Heffners Bridge

2013 view looking north

Photo taken by Ken Martin

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #467986

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Street Views 

Facts 

Overview

Pratt through truss bridge over Sacony Creek on Garman Road

Location

Berks County, Pennsylvania

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1905; rehabilitated 1956

Design

5-panel, pinned Pratt through truss

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 81.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.53250, -75.85333   (decimal degrees)
40°31'57" N, 75°51'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/427728/4487212 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Kutztown

Average daily traffic (as of 2012)

47

Inventory numbers

PA 06 7215 0762 9463 (Pennsylvania Bridge Management System number)
PANBI 05364 (Pennsylvania BRKEY bridge number on the 2011 NBI)
BH 30396 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of April 2017)

Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 31.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

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Update Log 

• July 13, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
• March 17, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
• March 17, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• June 28, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
• December 1, 2014: New Street View added by Dave King

Sources 

• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Dana and Kay Klein
• Geoff Hubbs
• Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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